Live From Orion “French Polynesia Jan 5 2022”

[LinnieRed]

Just now, Goosebear Mum said:

I love the idea of the 3 day onboard scavenger hunt, shown on that ‘Daily’! Brilliant idea and fun 🙂 

 

It’s definitely something I’m enjoying. 

[booksfan]

23 hours ago, Goosebear Mum said:

I love the idea of the 3 day onboard scavenger hunt, shown on that ‘Daily’! Brilliant idea and fun 🙂 

 

Absolutely! And as my friend said, out really gets you to actually LOOK at the things around you! 

[stretchcruz]

Question if you could find the answer...any idea who the CD or captain will be the end of March? 23 to be exact...we are on for a month. Just curious! Thanks!

[2happytrails]

It has been days since anyone posted....hope all is well

[has been]

CruiseMapper reports it is getting a little breezy, with a 28mph wind & 2.6 meter waves ..  Anyone getting a bit queezy?

Any photos of the pool?

 

 

[powderhorn]

Looks like they have the roof closed.....:-)

[RICHARDandSTEFAN]

Yes. Roof is closed. Seas are quite rough and very windy. We are being tossed around as the reality of our last few days sets in.

[good2gocruise]

Not much of pool pic but all I have on my phone from today.  With the roof closed its warm and a lot of folks are enjoying it but yes its rough and there is wave action in the pool. Still having lots of fun! 

[Heidi13]

5 hours ago, RICHARDandSTEFAN said:

Yes. Roof is closed. Seas are quite rough and very windy. We are being tossed around as the reality of our last few days sets in.

 

You are also passing through the NE Trades zone, so if experiencing the predominant NE Trades, they are from almost right ahead, which creates high winds across the outer decks. The stabalisers also have no effect on head winds.

[KTRaveller]

17 hours ago, RICHARDandSTEFAN said:

Yes. Roof is closed. Seas are quite rough and very windy. We are being tossed around as the reality of our last few days sets in.

Enjoy the last days and thanks for bringing us along.  We were sad to miss this and glad you had a reasonably good time.  Hope LA greets you with sunshine.  Good bye!

[Neferteri]

1 hour ago, KTRaveller said:

Enjoy the last days and thanks for bringing us along.  We were sad to miss this and glad you had a reasonably good time.  Hope LA greets you with sunshine.  Good bye!

Thank you!  We had an amazing time thanks to Viking!!  Their service and food was amazing and we felt safer than being at home.  Now we look forward to our next Viking cruise!

[RICHARDandSTEFAN]

14 hours ago, Heidi13 said:

 

You are also passing through the NE Trades zone, so if experiencing the predominant NE Trades, they are from almost right ahead, which creates high winds across the outer decks. The stabalisers also have no effect on head winds.

You are 100% spot on. 👍🏻😁

Edited February 4, 2022 by RICHARDandSTEFAN

[Johaz]

https://youtu.be/T5C4meGkNyc

[good2gocruise]

Some of the Cruise Critic folks that are on the Orion are planning to hang out in the Explorers lounge at 5pm on Saturday.   Stop by so we can all wish each other safe travels! 

[RICHARDandSTEFAN]

And it ends just like it started. In a hotel. Luggage ready. Waiting for our 10:30pm flight. 
safe travels to everyone. We so enjoyed our time with you all. 😘😘😘

[shipboy]

18 minutes ago, RICHARDandSTEFAN said:

And it ends just like it started. In a hotel. Luggage ready. Waiting for our 10:30pm flight. 
safe travels to everyone. We so enjoyed our time with you all. 😘😘😘

 

 

Hey guys we would love to do that cruise, but it wasn’t available on the UK website. It’s been great following your posts, safe rest of journey home.

 

Gerry

[RICHARDandSTEFAN]

8 minutes ago, shipboy said:

Hey guys we would love to do that cruise, but it wasn’t available on the UK website. It’s been great following your posts, safe rest of journey home.

 

Gerry

If Viking ever sails this route again. Book it immediately. It was amazing. 

[rosewood jo]

This is what the cdc is reporting.    Yellow not green?  Is this correct? 

[Clay Clayton]

1 hour ago, RICHARDandSTEFAN said:

And it ends just like it started. In a hotel. Luggage ready. Waiting for our 10:30pm flight. 
safe travels to everyone. We so enjoyed our time with you all. 😘😘😘

So sorry we didn’t join y’all.  Hopefully someday on some cruise!  

[good2gocruise]

27 minutes ago, rosewood jo said:

This is what the cdc is reporting.    Yellow not green?  Is this correct? 

Yes, there was 1 positive a few days after Tahiti.   More info if you go back in this thread.  That is all it takes with this few passengers to go yellow. Seems to take about a week to show up on CDC site, depending on the reporting period. 

[rosewood jo]

Thks.   One out of 300 pretty good to me.   

[Azulann]

1 hour ago, RICHARDandSTEFAN said:

If Viking ever sails this route again. Book it immediately. It was amazing. 

Hope someone on this cruise  does a  trip review. 

The live thread has been great with pictures. 

[RICHARDandSTEFAN]

For a moment I thought I was  in the explorers lounge. NOPE it’s a Marriott

🤣🤣🤣

[rosewood jo]

Thanks for all your pics and commentary on your trip!  

[good2gocruise]

56 minutes ago, rosewood jo said:

Thks.   One out of 300 pretty good to me.   

Actually about 450+ passengers  and about 400 staff so out of over 850.  It was very good considering we left as Omicron was starting to peak.   I think the Viking Protocols work, but everyone needs to do their part.  There were also 3 cases a few days after we left port that probably caught it during travel.  Also, a small number were escorted off before we left port because they didnt pass the initial PCR. (I didn't see this reported but we saw through the windows as we ate dinner, after waiting in our room until we passed our PCR)  I also know of at least 1 person who didnt pass their pretavel PCR, so they had to cancel at the last minute.  Their were probably others.  I'm so glad we went, but I understand why some folks backed out.